Chinese travel phrases: airport, metro, hotel

A travel phrase is a line that still works when the number changes: gate, platform, floor, or code, not a memorized restaurant dialogue.

Teaching note. If you cannot hear 三号口, 地铁站在哪儿 is a sticker. Rehearse the line with three different numbers the same day.

You get airport, metro, taxi and 网约车, hotel, and a short emergency block. There is no menu. There is no fair 报价. If 你好 and 请再说一遍 still fail, go back to basic phrases.

Classic HSK 1 covers part of the lexicon; the mock does not hand you a 登机牌. Counts: Wikipedia HSK. Dates, if they ever come: chinesetest.cn. Framework: CLEC. This page is not that signup.

OCR reads the sign. It does not replace 请停. The tones of 九 and 六 merge if you never trained them: tones.

It covers 机场, 地铁, 出租车, 网约车, 酒店, and a handful of lines for getting lost or asking for help. The three-week calendar does not live here: it is in Chinese for travel. That page picks the day. This page picks the mouth.

It does not cover 菜单 or 不要辣. Day-one lunch is in restaurant. It does not cover 交货 or 附件: if the trip is for work, the B2B inventory is in business and the path in Chinese for business.

If the problem at 前台 is 你 or 您, do not memorize 押金 first. Register is in greetings.

The airport forgives English at an international airline desk. It stops forgiving it at 安检, at a gate that changes, and on an 到达 sign. Carry the lines in the mouth, not only in a screenshot.

护照 (hùzhào, passport)

登机牌 (dēngjīpái, boarding pass)

安检 (ānjiǎn, security)

几号登机口？ (jǐ hào dēngjīkǒu, which gate?)

三号登机口 (sān hào dēngjīkǒu, gate 3)

行李, 托运, and 超重 do not need a speech. They need you to hear 公斤. If the desk says a number and you cannot repeat it, the 托运 line did not work.

行李 (xíngli, luggage)

托运 (tuōyùn, check a bag)

超重 (chāozhòng, overweight)

去市区怎么走？ opens the onward trip. 地铁 versus 出租车. If you point at the sign, still say 请问 first. 请问 should already come from basic phrases.

去市区怎么走？ (qù shìqū zěnme zǒu, how do I get downtown?)

请问 (qǐngwèn, excuse me — a question)

出发 and 到达 orient you on the sign. You do not need a terminal speech. You do need not to mix arrivals with departures when the pinyin looks close and the hanzi does not. Point, say 请问, name 出发 or 到达.

出发 (chūfā, departure)

到达 (dàodá, arrival)

延误 (yánwù, delay)

If 延误 shows on the screen, hear the gate number again. That is why 几号登机口 is rehearsed: the number changes. Do not open a dump of 200 airport stickers; change the number three times.

On many networks you pay with 扫码, not a paper ticket. The line that matters names a number, a transfer, and an exit. Rehearse it with line 2 and line 10 the same day, not with a single textbook example.

地铁站在哪儿？ (dìtiězhàn zài nǎr, where is the metro station?)

几号线？ (jǐ hào xiàn, which line?)

二号线 (èr hào xiàn, line 2)

换乘 (huànchéng, transfer)

出口 (chūkǒu, exit)

A号出口 (A hào chūkǒu, exit A)

扫码 (sǎo mǎ, scan the code)

The tones of 四 and 十 merge on platforms if the fourth stretches. That is not grammar. It is contour. The same pair betrays you on prices: tones.

四号线 (sì hào xiàn, line 4)

十号线 (shí hào xiàn, line 10)

Hailing a street taxi and confirming a 网约车 do not ask for the same mouth. On the street you show the address and say 去这个地址. In the app the car already has the pin; you need 请停 and the car colour. Keep the address in Chinese on the phone. OCR helps read the sign; it does not replace 请停.

去机场 (qù jīchǎng, to the airport)

去这个地址 (qù zhège dìzhǐ, to this address)

停这儿 (tíng zhèr, stop here)

请停 (qǐng tíng, please stop)

太贵了 (tài guì le, too expensive)

网约车 (wǎngyuēchē, ride-hail car)

出租车 (chūzūchē, taxi)

太贵了 also exists at a fair and in a shop. Here the context is the meter or the app, not a souvenir and not a 报价. If the number does not match what you see, say it. If you cannot hear the number, go back to basic phrases before memorizing 网约车.

前台 at 11 p.m. is not HSK 1 listening. It asks for 我有预订, a passport, a floor, and sometimes a code instead of a key. Rehearse 几楼 with 3 and with 18. The number is the line.

我有预订 (wǒ yǒu yùdìng, I have a reservation)

入住 (rùzhù, check-in)

退房 (tuìfáng, check-out)

几楼？ (jǐ lóu, which floor?)

三楼 (sān lóu, third floor)

押金 (yājīn, deposit)

密码 (mìmǎ, code / password)

电梯 (diàntī, elevator)

Wi-Fi 密码 (Wi-Fi mìmǎ, Wi-Fi password)

要发票 only if your company needs it. Leisure travel should not make 发票 the whole front-desk job. Restaurant 发票 is in restaurant phrases. B2B 发票 is in business.

要发票 (yào fāpiào, I want an invoice)

In many hotels the key is a 门卡 or a code. A physical 钥匙 is less and less the dialogue. Ask for 密码 or 门卡, not a check-in monologue. 房间号码 is heard; repeat it. If 三 and 十 merge, the problem is tone, not reception: tones.

门卡 (ménkǎ, room card)

钥匙 (yàoshi, key)

房间号码 (fángjiān hàomǎ, room number)

Save these lines offline. Practice them with audio at home. The street is not the moment to open an HSK 4 deck. This site does not diagnose and does not replace travel insurance.

我迷路了 (wǒ mílù le, I am lost)

请帮我 (qǐng bāng wǒ, please help me)

请叫医生 (qǐng jiào yīshēng, please call a doctor)

医院 (yīyuàn, hospital)

报警 (bàojǐng, call the police)

In China, 120 is the public medical emergency number, 110 is police, and 119 is fire. Those are public facts, not a protocol from this site. Say 请叫医生; do not improvise a month-one medical history in Chinese.

卫生间 (wèishēngjiān, restroom)

洗手间在哪儿？ (xǐshǒujiān zài nǎr, where is the restroom?)

Do not put 不要辣, 微辣, or 买单 in here. The table is another lab: restaurant. The brain stores one China phrase if you mix a platform with a menu.

Do not put 交货, 附件, or 报价 in here. A work trip shares a plane, not an inventory. Business phrases and the 14-day path cover the fair.

Do not turn this page into the T-21 calendar. Three weeks of order live in Chinese for travel. Here there are only lines with a number that changes.

一路顺风 is said to someone setting off, not to the cashier at a 7-Eleven. Criterion: greetings.

Minutes 1–5: 几号登机口 and three numbers. 3, 12, 18. No phone the third time. If 十二 and 十八 merge, the problem is ear, not lexicon.

十二号登机口 (shí’èr hào dēngjīkǒu, gate 12)

Minutes 6–10: 地铁站在哪儿, 几号线, 换乘, 出口. Then 去这个地址 and 停这儿. Record 请停.

Minutes 11–15: 我有预订, 几楼, 密码. Close with 我迷路了 and 请再说一遍. Repair still belongs to basic phrases; travel does not replace it.

请再说一遍 (qǐng zài shuō yí biàn, please say it again)

If the trip is in ten days, do not open a dump of 200 stickers. These lines, with a number, beat a tourism PDF. The week plan: T-21 path.

OCR in the app reads 出口 and 登机口. Use it to enter, not to replace the mouth. On the platform the phone stays in the pocket for a second: say 几号线 and the number. If you only point the screen at the sign, you did not rehearse travel: you rehearsed a photo.

几号线？ (jǐ hào xiàn, which line?)

The same number in three places: gate, metro line, floor. 三号登机口, 三号线, 三楼. If it only works on one sign, it is not there. Record all three the same day. The ear for 四 and 十 is still what betrays you on a platform.

三号登机口 (sān hào dēngjīkǒu, gate 3)

三号线 (sān hào xiàn, line 3)

三楼 (sān lóu, third floor)

You hear a gate or platform number and repeat it. You say 我有预订 without reading the phone. You ask for 停这儿 or 去这个地址. You know 地铁站在哪儿 and 去机场. You have 我迷路了 and 请再说一遍.

If it is red, do not memorize 特辣. Day-one food: restaurant. Calendar: travel path. Floor for 谢谢: basic phrases. The paper, if you stay for weeks: HSK 1.